Graduation Souvenir Supplement 2017

Graduation Souvenir Supplement 2017

Graduation Ceremony Souvenir Supplement 2017

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The CIPP’s Graduation Ceremony 2017 Celebrating the success of our students!

CIPP graduates were recognised for all their hard work and achievements at the Graduation Ceremony on Friday 10 November 2017. Family members, friends, tutors, CIPP staff and dignitaries all came together to celebrate the success of our students at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

In today’s unstable economic environment, obtaining professional qualifications are what distinguish individuals as true leaders in their industry.

So why are professional qualifications necessary? In payroll and pensions, they are important because of the need to update skills and knowledge according to ever-changing government legislation and regulations. Employers also have certain expectations and they demand that the professionals they employ have the ability to do their jobs to the highest standard.

The Institute’s achievement of Chartered status will help demonstrate the valuable contributions that payroll and pensions professionals provide not only within business but also to UK society as a whole.

The Institute would like to congratulate all the graduates and wish them the best in their future endeavours. And remember, education does not have to stop here – we encourage you to keep up to date with all the latest legislation changes by involving yourself in continued professional development.

The CIPP would like to thank our sponsors

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Opening address

Eira Hammond FCIPPdip Chair, CIPP

I extend a very warm welcome to all of our guests here today, both on the stage, and in the audience. More importantly, I want to give a very warm welcome to each and every graduand who has joined us here today to receive their academic degree. Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. You might not be changing the world here today, but you’ve certainly taken steps to change the part of the world you inhabit, through your extra learning. You have definitely changed ‘your’ world! You have all worked to achieve the academic success we are celebrating today. I graduated with the CIPP back in 2002 and I know personally just how much you deserve to receive this recognition. You have every right to feel proud of your achievements. I am sure I speak on behalf of everyone here when I say we are honoured to be able to share this very special day with you. As a tutor having seen many students progress through the Foundation Degree, I have no doubt that during your studies you have come to value the network of fellow students and tutors, for support and advice. I hope you forged those relationships both in social settings as well as during tutorials, and I really hope that these are friendships that will continue as you progress further into your careers and beyond. Networking amongst payroll professionals is invaluable, as I’m sure you appreciate. I would like to mention those special individuals who are also here today. Family, friends, tutors and, in some cases work colleagues. I not only want to thank them on your behalf, I also want to thank them on behalf of the CIPP, for all the help and support they have given you during your studies. They have been on the same emotional rollercoaster as you; they know all the ups and downs you’ve been through; they’ve been there for you when you were frustrated or emotional; they’ve acted as a sounding board or proof reader when you’ve needed them; they’ve given you encouragement in order for you to succeed. So thank you all for that support, it was really appreciated by all our graduands. In giving that thanks, I’m delighted that so many of you have come along today to celebrate that success and to see your family and friends honoured for their fabulous achievement. I know that if all the graduands in the auditorium today were standing where I’m standing right now, they would want to thank all the people who have supported them during their studies.

Be proud, smile, and take just a moment when you get here to look around and just consider your fantastic achievement.

“‘You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting so… Get on your way!”

Dr Seuss said that, and you know what? As you walk across this stage to receive your all-important honour, don’t be nervous; hold your head up high, stand tall, be proud, smile, and take just a moment when you get here to look around and just consider your fantastic achievement, and most importantly, congratulate yourself. As you collect your certificates you will be ready to go off and climb your mountain! Finally, to our audience – remember this is a celebration – cheering, clapping and whooping is not an option, it is mandatory. And to our graduands – congratulations, and I hope you thoroughly enjoy your moment.

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Ken Pullar FCIPP Chief executive officer, CIPP CEO address

Good afternoon and welcome to graduands, friends, family, tutors and other guests. We are here to celebrate and to support you graduands who have achieved a major milestone in your payroll/pension careers. We are here to celebrate your success – so please all stand up and give everyone around you a big round of applause for your achievement. Your learning was like a train journey – you had a destination in sight, a goal. Each different module was like stopping at another station and then onto the next until you reached that main goal and here you are today. Knowledge is power, and you are here today to celebrate your achievement and to join an exclusive group of true professionals who continue to play their part in raising the profile of our payroll and pensions professions. Along this journey, not only have you faced challenges but you will have experienced personal transformation and change. I say this as I am sure you are not the same person now as you were when you commenced this journey. You are now equipped with a significant range of knowledge and skills and your qualification shouts out that you can do exactly what it says on the tin and more. Your designatory letters demonstrate your qualification and professionalism to the world. Make sure you continue your membership with the CIPP in order to use these well-earned letters after your name. These letters not only demonstrate that you have achieved your qualification, but that you have access to the latest information and support relating to changes in the industry and that you are a payroll or pensions professional worth having on the team. Now that you have reached a major destination it may be your ultimate goal, but you may be already thinking about the next destination. For those of you who are already planning the next goal there are further steps you can choose to take in the form of the BA (Hons) top up to your Foundation Degree or the MSc in Business and Reward Management. This is your choice and your personal destination. There’s more. At our Annual Conference last month, the board was proud to announce the introduction of Individual Chartered Status. Your Foundation Degree, coupled with your continuing professional development, forms part of the main application criteria. So it is important to make sure you keep your membership up to date and keep those all-important letters, as you have earned them.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and

most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

Whatever you do next, remember learning is a life-long journey both personally and professionally but where ever your journey takes you I want to wish you the very best.

My final words to you are ‘don’t forget to complete your continuous professional development’; and as Pele, who played for Brazil and is probably the most famous footballer on the planet, said: “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

Enjoy your day and congratulations once again.

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The CIPP’s Graduation Ceremony 2017

Guest address

Helen Livesey MBA MREC CertRP Business director, Hays Payroll Management

Firstly, please allow me to pass on my warm congratulations to all of you here today to celebrate your achievements – well done on all your hard work. Secondly, there are continued career opportunities for payroll and pensions professionals throughout the UK and I see no sign of that changing in 2018 and I will now tell you a little more about why that is. For the last seven years, it has been the busiest period in the history of the payroll and pension profession. Here in the UK we have all been dealing with real time information, automatic enrolment, shared parental leave, gender pay reporting, IR35 to name a few, and these continued regulatory and legislative changes have kept the payroll and pension profession extremely busy and therefore in demand. The heavy workload of pension and payroll professionals is set to increase further as the economy continues to grow and employers hire more or even just different staff. We have not seen a downturn in recruitment despite all the political upheaval of the last 12-18 months. Indeed, in our new Hays Salary Guide Report for 2018, which we are just in the middle of launching, 95% of organisations tell us they expect their business activities to increase or remain the same – and nearly 60% of accountancy and finance employers said they plan to recruit over the next 12 months. Therefore, holding onto good professionals will be critical during this time, and supporting professional studies is a great way to show staff you value them and are looking to invest in them particularly as employers now hold the CIPP qualification in higher regard than ever before. Here at Hays we are seeing a real demand in candidates looking for new employers to sponsor them during their CIPP studies and this is certainly one of the ways both to attract and retain the best candidates. Everyone in this room celebrating today has worked hard to gain their CIPP qualification and to add another dimension to their career choice as a payroll or pensions professional. At Hays, we believe that employers and the payroll and pension profession need to work together to find ways to open-up this function as a career choice to a broader range of people, including school leavers into apprenticeships, and graduates, as this will help the profession have more choice of candidates in the future, plus growing the CIPP and payroll community. To summarise, you will find that your payroll and pension skills will stay in massive demand throughout 2017 and into 2018, putting pressure on employers to address the shortage of suitable candidates. Employers are keen to keep their payroll and pension professionals, so are increasingly making counter-offers to individuals who have secured another job offer. In order to retain good people, it is also important for payroll professionals to feel confident that their current employer is committed to investing in their future over the medium-to long-term – offering training and degrees through the CIPP is an absolute must for any organisation wanting to stand out as an employer of choice.

Employers now hold the CIPP qualification in higher regard than ever before.

Congratulations again and enjoy your celebration.

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Guest address

Carsten Staehr CEO, Cintra HR & Payroll Services

Unfortunately Carston was unable to attend the ceremony but provided the following address:

Studying for a qualification takes a tremendous amount of drive and dedication, and the fact that most of you will have achieved this whilst juggling a full time job, family responsibilities and the many other commitments that our incredibly busy lives throw at us, is outstanding. This level of commitment leaves me in no doubt that you as graduands are the payroll stars of the future and your employers should be very proud of you. The CIPP do a fantastic job of making sure that the payroll profession achieves the recognition it deserves. It responds to the changes and pressures the industry faces and provides courses that equip you to be the very best that you can be. The introduction of Individual Chartered Status, launched last month, is another example of how the CIPP is enabling its members to demonstrate their commitment to compliance and best practice within payroll and pension’s administration and management. Your success here today and your commitment to continuing professional development is a springboard towards achieving the Holy Grail of Individual Chartered Status. In our industry we are constantly alive to new challenges and experts at shooting at moving goal posts. Pensions, in particular is an area that continues to keep us on our toes and will no doubt continue to do so moving forward. The volume of entrants to auto enrolment has increased dramatically, with all smaller employers now ‘embracing’ their responsibility and indeed many organisations facing the challenge of re-enrolment. In fact, come the New Year the term ‘staging date’ will be a thing of the past! With hindsight, it would have been great to have developed a standard interface for all pension providers, rather than the multiple ones we are now faced with…but we are where we are, and, as payroll professionals, we will get the job done and it will be done well! Common to everyone in this room, and demonstrated by your willingness to invest in continuing your education, is the desire to do a good job, to have the expertise and knowledge that enables you to face these and future challenges with confidence. Cintra are staunch supporters of the CIPP: as industry bodies go it really is at the top of its game. The information sharing, courses, networking…they are all first rate. But what really makes the institution great is you – its members! You are the heart of the CIPP: the drive, professionalism and thirst for knowledge that you demonstrate today is what really sets it apart. The CIPP undoubtedly has the most dedicated members of any institution I have encountered. With your commitment and enthusiasm I know the future of the payroll profession is in good hands! Fresh challenges are always around the corner: most recently gender pay gap reporting with the General >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16

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